Meg Cabot, on suicide and depression: I know most people think that those who take their own lives must be suffering from long-term depression, but that isn’t always the case. Most people with depression never attempt suicide, and some people who attempt suicide aren’t depressed. … [Read more...]
The 45…
Powerful, powerful, powerful: Forty-Five Things I Learned in the Gulag 1. The extreme fragility of human culture, civilization. A man becomes a beast in three weeks, given heavy labor, cold, hunger, and beatings. 4. I realized that the feeling a man preserves longest is … [Read more...]
A lush, Indiana summer…
I grew up in Seattle, not Indiana, but the farm I've been posting pictures of has been in my family for over one hundred years. What's growing here now is mostly wild (persimmons, for example), or what was planted decades upon decades ago (the black walnut grove). There's an … [Read more...]
Hope, of course.
It's the Fourth of July, and I'm going to spend it contemplating a better future for our country. Despite the news of late, I refuse to waste my energy on despair. Despair is boring. Despair brings nothing of value. Hope, however, is a generative, powerful force. Hope and … [Read more...]
Morning!
Favorite cooking sites…
I'm not allergic to gluten and I'm not a vegan -- I just happen to enjoy cooking that way. I like how it tastes, and I tell myself it's healthier (particularly when it comes to desserts). Hahaha. I was first introduced to this because of a vegan friend who I wanted to bake … [Read more...]
The light!
Morning light is a sweet light. I love taking a walk first thing in the morning, breathing in the sweet air, breathing in the light. Benicio Del Toro, Hollywood’s Instant Antihero: For Mr. Del Toro, that has sometimes pit his desire to excel as an actor against a competing … [Read more...]
The baby birds are gone.
Two evenings ago the baby birds above the front door were doing great -- sitting on each other's heads, pushing each other around -- healthy and active and no doubt a pain in the ass for their hardworking parents. And then, yesterday morning, they were dead. One of them was … [Read more...]
Poodle or cat?
In my experience it has always been cats who insist on one of my hands being constantly available, especially when I'm on deadline, but in this case I think the poodle has them beat. Every time I think he's finally fallen asleep and I can start typing with my left hand, he lets … [Read more...]
Still forest-bathing…
Ponderings: We Must Not Forget Detained Migrant Children: "These families and children, and others who find themselves in the crosshairs of this Administration’s draconian immigration policies, will still need us to keep paying attention, even when the media coverage wanes and … [Read more...]
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